Thompson has been covering the story live at jfks new york airport. Anne, what are you hearing . Reporter hi, richard. Take a look behind me. Youll see the protests behind the extreme vetting order irked by president donald trump. Its grown to a couple hundred people in the just the last two hour. Dozens of people have been detained here at jfk because of extreme vetting order. One of them has been released, ham immediate darweesh walked out to meet this family. He was detained at jfk for 18 hours. We understand from the white house he was released and allowed to come into this country because a waiver was issued to that executive order the president signed yesterday afternoon. There is also another iraqi man who is being detained here at jfk. He is married to an iraqi woman who is in this country. Although worked for the u. S. Government, he, too, apparently is in the process of getting one of those waivers. As to what will happen to the other ten people who are being held here in the
Unamerican. This is against our core, most sacred values. Theyre being detained, but u inside, we came with proper representation and were not allowed to see them. To come out in mass, to like show the sea of bodies. How the public feels about some of the poll iciepolicies. The president s own party saying this has gone too far. John mccain and lindsey gram releasing this statement saying quote, it is clear from the confusion at our airports that President Trumps executive order was not properly vetted. We are particularly concerned by reports that this order went into effect with little to no consultation with the departments of state, defense, justice and Homeland Security. Ultimately, we fear this order will become a selfinflicted wound in the fight against terrorism, end quote. Demonstrators are gathering at atlantas hartsfield jacques airport, where 11 travelers were detained today. What are you seeing . If you can hear me, tell us what youre seeing. Hey, fred, i got you now. Good
Im richard lui live at msnbc headquarters. Two pictures were watching. Breaking news, a very busy saturday. On the left, youre protests going on, signs that are and chants that are against detainees. Two that were held there at jfk airport. Refugees from iraq. One released, one remains behind. 11 still detained across the country as we understand at this hour. And on the right hand side, we have the white house where President Trump whose executive order resulted in those being detained on the left, we expect him sometime this afternoon at the white house to be signing new more executive orders that we have not yet got any indication of what they may be about. However, there are possibly several options on that which well get to in a little bit. But first, lets go straight to jfk. Nbcs correspondent there, anne thompson. And the energy has not gone away at all. Have the numbers grown . Reporter in fact the energy keeps growing and so do the numbers. If you look behind me, you can see n
Whats happened, even overnight, as the government tries to clarify it after federal Court Rulings freeze certain consequences of it. And one of Donald Trumps most controversial advisers getting a new and expanded role. Well examine what that might mean. But we do want to begin with the overnight consequence with the information and the protests that have happened, but this now is news from the department of Homeland Security, and it is looking to clarify enforcement of Donald Trumps sevencountry immigrant ban targeting predominantly muslim countries. Now, this was signed on friday. The dhs responding in a statement that came in after midnight saying the department of Homeland Security will ply with judicial orders, faithfully enforce our immigration laws and implement President Trumps executive orders to ensure that those entering the unid states do n pose a threat to our country or the arican people. Then this, a remarkable season from Seatac Airport in seattle from last night, reflec
Start with evan perez, sara murray and Alan Dershowitz. Were going to start with you evan. Great reporting from the team in washington and we appreciate it. American people do as well. Part of the team that broke this story last night. What is the latest . Today is a day the white house is on the defensive. Wanted to make the point they did nothing wrong in the contacts between the white house chief of staff Reince Priebus and Deputy Director of the fbi Andrew Mccabe. If you recall all began last week after cnn and New York Times reported there were contacts between people with the Trump Campaign and people in russia known by u. S. Intelligence sources and suspected of being perhaps agents of the russian government. Those contacts were all happening while russians were trying to interfere in the u. S. Election. After that report happened, according to the white house today, they said that andy mccabe, Deputy Director of the fbi approached Reince Priebus and said something to the effect